Another Certificate for Dreamy

Congrats to Marcus Corey

Really great to present Marcus Corey with junior aikido 10 kyu certificate following his test last Tuesday (27 June). Congratulations for a top effort!

QKR Seminar

Jul, 12 2017 by Dave

Great weekend of training on the Gold Coast at the QKR Seminar. Thank you to Tsukadaira Sensei, Tom and all the organisers. Good performances in the gradings with Bayside's Ka Lun Leung aka Dreamy nailing 1 kyu iaido on Sunday 2 July. He's the good looking unit on the right.

Up Coming Events

Jun, 20 2017 by Dave

There are a couple of events in the calendar during July which will mean no Sunday class at Wynnum.

Sunday 2 July: Due to the QKR Seminar on the Goldy.

Sunday 16 July: Due to the Brisbane Aikikai 25th Anniversary Seminar.

Home and Away

Jun, 20 2017 by Dave

I managed to rack up a few hours on planes over the past few weeks. First up I headed to Charlotte, North Carolina where I met up with my old school mate and karate sempai/sensei, Nick Hughes. These days Nick is into combatives, specifically Krav Maga. As well as catching up on old times, I got to join in a class where we did some aikido techniques in a Krav context which was a lot of fun. Here’s me with Nick at Warriors Krav Maga.

After my Charlotte stopover, it was off to Spencer, Massachusetts . Here I joined up with a group of other Aussies as well as attendees from elsewhere in the US, and Holland for an intensive internal power seminar at Dan Harden’s Shugyo Dojo. Suffice to say it was a pretty full on four days of awesome training, laughs, anecdotes, and local cuisine. Pictured is the dojo with a new driveway thanks in part to some Australian expertise and me with Dan and Brisbane’s own Michael Nash.

After a big flight home, it was off to the office for a day and then to Canberra for the weekend for the Iaido/Jodo Seminar by Nagayama and Higashi Sensei organised by the ACTKR. Great to catch up with Nagayama Sensei and the Canberra crew again with the best part being a jodo tune up by Higashi Sensei.

Here’s Higashi Sensei taking the group through some of the latest clarifications in the ZNKR Jodo Manual.

Thanks once again to Nick Hughes, Dan Harden and students, the Aussie Assault crew, and Damon Schearer for looking after me. On the home front, thank you Gotaro Kitayama for filling in at Bayside Budokai and Naoko and Emi for putting up with this.

Class Changes

May, 28 2017 by Dave

I'll be travelling a bit, plus there are some events coming up which will mean some class cancellations.

Washup from the 2017 IJSC

Feb, 22 2017 by Dave

It was a big few days of training, gradings and competition in Melbourne. Congratulations to Sharma Wrightson who passed 3 Dan iaido and sometimes Baysider Damon Schearer along with Brendan Kee from Canberra for 5 Dan jodo.

Happy 2017

Jan, 8 2017 by Dave

We are back in action for 2017, time to get off the couch and back on the mat. First items on the agenda will be an iaido workshop with Tsukadaira Sensei next Saturday 14 January and the National Iaido Jodo Seminar and Championship in Melbourne from 17-21 February. Training next Saturday will be at the Ken Shin Kan Dojo, Mt Gravatt High School Creighton Street, Mt Gravatt. 10am to 4pm. Cost $30.